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Race Snapshot: Davos Freestyle Sprint

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2013 12 15 Joran Race Snapshots
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Race Snapshot: Davos 15/30k Freestyle

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2013 12 14 Joran Race Snapshots
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Optimal US Women’s Relay Team

Since we in the US now have a relay team that’s doing quite well, that also means we as fans have something new (and fun!) to argue about. Namely, what is the best team we can put out there? Let’s assume that there are seven women who could potentially be placed on the US women’s […]

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2013 12 12 Joran Analysis
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Lillehammer: Young podium

What do I notice about the men’s podium from Saturday’s 15k classic race:   Excepting Poltaranin, not much racing at this level between them. In fact, among the youngest men’s distance podiums I have on record (basically since the early 90’s):   Saturday’s race is that unusually low value in the lower right corner. As […]

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2013 12 09 Joran Analysis
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Race Snapshot: Lillehammer 10/15k Classic

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2013 12 07 Joran Race Snapshots Comments (0)

US Men’s Distance Depth

I was chatting with some friends today about the difference in depth between the US men’s and women’s squads, particularly in distance events, so when I sat down to noodle around with some data I ended up making this graph:   This is all US men’s distance results for the past five seasons or so, […]

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2013 12 03 Joran Analysis
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Race Snapshot: 10/15k Freestyle Pursuit

As usual, the pursuit format creates odd incentives for the athletes which usually results better than usual races for many athletes (and worse for others). Men: Women:

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2013 12 01 Joran Race Snapshots Comments (0)